Zinneke Parade 2018
May 06, 2018, 07:39 AM
Created for Brussels European Capital of Culture in 2000, the Zinneke Parade has become a mainstay of the city's cultural landscape. Every two years two dozen Zinnodes (think of the Krewes of New Orleans' Mardi Gras) rally around a theme (after such themes as Water, Disorder, Temptation, and Fragility, this year's theme is Illegal) and create an unforgettable, entrancing, striking and magical spectacle that combines elements of Belgium's very rich and ancient carnival folklore with a contemporary multicultural twist . Who participates and why? Eleven people from all walks of life tell us what they do at Zinneke and why.